Simone Consonni

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Simone Consonni
Personal information
Born (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 29)
Ponte San Pietro, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur team
2013–2016Team Colpack[1]
Professional teams
2017–2019UAE Abu Dhabi[2]
2020–2023Cofidis[3][4]
2024–Lidl–Trek
Major wins
Track
Team pursuit, Olympic Games (2021)
Team pursuit, World Championships (2021)

Simone Consonni (born 12 September 1994) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[5] He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[6] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[7] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[8] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[9] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record.[10]

His younger sister Chiara Consonni is also a professional cyclist.[11]

Career achievements[edit]

Major results[edit]

Road[edit]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 131 115 110 121 111
A yellow jersey Tour de France 112
A red jersey Vuelta a España 147
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

Track[edit]

World records[edit]

Date Time Meet Event Location
3 August 2021 3:42.307[12] 2020 Summer Olympics Team pursuit
(with Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon & Jonathan Milan)
Izu Velodrome, Japan
4 August 2021 3:42.032[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Simone Consonni at Cycling Archives
  2. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Trek–Segafredo". UCI. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  7. ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Cycling Track - CONSONNI Simone". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Dove ritmo è la parola chiave: intervista a Chiara Consonni". Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  12. ^ Herman, Martyn (3 August 2021). "Cycling-Chaos and intrigue as Denmark end British men's team pursuit dominance". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021. [...] Italy threw down the gauntlet with an astonishing 3:42.307 to pip New Zealand for a place in the final.
  13. ^ Farrand, Stephen (4 August 2021). "Italian riders reveal how they set up Ganna to defeat Denmark and win Olympic team pursuit gold". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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